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Portfolio - Michal Vanko

Personal Information

I was born on 26th of May in Košice, Slovakia and I still live here.

Hobbies:

I enjoy playing basketball with my friends. I also like to play other team sports like football and hockey. I also play squash and table tennis. Once I've won a competition in squash at my university. During summer I love water skiing and swimming in a nearby lake.
I am very passionate about music. I've also tried some software for composing music but I am not really hooked into that yet. From time to time I enjoy playing board games with my friends.

Interests:

I like to explore new technologies and I'm passionate about Open Source movement, Internet of Things applications and Linux desktop evolution.
I am interested in modern software architecture and reactive programming.
I've attended various tech conferences and hackathons. I like them for all of the fascinating ideas that might be invented.
I've given presentations on various topics related to web development. You can take a look at some of them here.
I enjoy teaching and explaining how various technologies and techniques work to my colleagues for their better understanding.
I take advantage of test driven development.

Skills

Slovak is my mother tongue and I've learned English as my second language. I speak English on advanced level.

I'm an experienced Linux Desktop user. I prefer to use open source libraries and technologies while I develop solutions.
I'm in good command of Office Tools and I've experience with image manipulation programs like GIMP and Inkscape.
I can also compose music and sounds in digital audio workstation.

I'm passionate about software architecture. My goal is to be able to design suitable solution for any kind of product. From small presentation sites, IOT devices, to large enterprise applications running on cloud.

I do public speaking and I am not afraid to share my knowledge and passion about technology.

I'm advanced user of source code management tools git and svn.

I've a driving licence for category B 🚗.